I have a 51, 235. It sat for 22 years so I'm going thru it . I'll probably just change the rings since the journals looked good. My questions are do you think there is a chance of the oil passages being gelled up and how would I tell? Also I can't get the lifters out. They move up and down ok but I can't lift the out of the block. Shouldn't they just lift out? They don't look like anything in the shop manual. They have flat tops with some sort of spring holding the top center cap on. Could they be hydralic? Thx guys.
